Carrie Prejean may have not won the Miss USA title, she claims her honest answer to Perez Hilton’s question on gay marriages cost her the title; however, she’s managed to divide opinion on the issue and there’s a clear line with conservatives on one side and the tolerants on the other. Carrie may have lost the title but she’s clearly beaten the winner to the popularity stakes and has occupied more mindshare and webspace than any other beauty pageant winner that I can remember.
It’s kind of understood that safe politically correct answers are the best way to go in such competitions; Carrie however chose honesty. And if you consider that her answer was extempore, spur of the moment – she constructed it quite well actually. This is what Carrie had to say afterward – “I was ready for my question, and when I heard it from (Perez), I knew at that moment after I’d answered the question, I knew that I was not going to win because of my answer,” she said. “Because I had spoken from my heart, for my beliefs and for my God. … It’s not about being politically correct, for me, it’s about being biblically correct.”
I personally don’t have anything against same-sex marriage. For me, Adam and Steve are as fine as Adam and Eve and sexual preferences so long as they are not for kids, animals, and inanimate objects, should not be ground for judging an individual.
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Punisher
April 25th, 2009 - 5:17:16 AM
More like the conservatives (and even plenty of liberals supporting her) on one side, and the intolerants who cannot stand an answer other than what they want her to say that endorses their views on the other.
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Jeff
April 25th, 2009 - 9:32:21 AM
"For me, Adam and Steve are as fine as Adam and Eve and sexual preferences so long as they are not for kids, animals, and inanimate objects, should not be ground for judging an individual." Apparently we shouldn't be judging individuals unless they fail to toe the politically correct line.
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Mr. Nobar King
April 27th, 2009 - 8:00:02 AM
Please pray for Carrie Prejean http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showpost.php?p=317585&postcount=1
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Victor
April 27th, 2009 - 10:25:03 AM
i/m cool with her answer. personally i disagree, but this is the land of the free. if that's her beliefs, so be it.
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fud
May 7th, 2009 - 9:08:10 PM
dumb beach. really.
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A.V.O.
May 11th, 2009 - 9:01:36 AM
I'm fine with her answer as long as it's honest. What are we to expect from future contestants when it comes to them answering their questions? Are they going to think they need to lie to please the judges and then hope it's right? Secondly, how could they possibly put this narrow minded freak in a judge's seat for a pageant such as this? Ms. Hilton, yeah I said Ms., needs to step outside of his own ego. To use this venue as a means to advance your personal agenda or to bring attention to yourself is deplorable.
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